Pastime21 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 1991 Vintage Vignettes on Varieties of Rain? Dining on Times Past? Casting Pearls Before Swine? Oh Yeah. Tim Taylor approved! + Resonant + Blood may be thicker, but water washes many transgressions away . . . + This is one of the Better Spensers             The Widening Gyre10 reviews Robert B. Parker Delacorte Press, 1983 "I Spin my Tales (and Bust a few Chops) As I Walk Alone Through Night Drenched Streets." - The Private Eye. + Solid Spenser + Quick & dirty + Typical Spenser + The Widening Gyre             The Godwulf Manuscript32 reviews Robert B. Parker Houghton Mifflin Co, 1974 35 YEARS LATER- STILL THE LEGITIMATE HEIR TO CHANDLER AND HAMMETT + Good Start to a Great Series + Great Start + Quick & Fun             Back Story: A Spenser Novel67 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2003 Hippy Hi-jinks, Hep to the Hey-Day + My first Robert Parker + Lite, fun reading Paul Giacomin brings one of his friends to Spenser, a young woman named Daryl. Her mother was killed in a bank robbery 28 years ago - blame was accepted by a revolutionary group calling themselves the Dread Scott Brigade, although no one ever discovered who it was that pulled the trigger and ...             Looking for Rachel Wallace15 reviews Robert B. Parker Delacorte Pr, 1980 Frozen Steam in Dark Side Snow. Spewed Blood. Boiled Pasta. Presto Pesto. Day Saved? Penance Made? + One of the Best Early Spensers + Enjoyable, great characterization all around + Great as an audiobook + War Between The Sexes             Hugger Mugger: A Spenser Novel94 reviews Robert B. Parker Random House Audio, 2000 Charming An Asp in A Southern Mansion + Quick and entertaining + Another hit by Parker! + Murder most genial + How can you not love Spenser?             Promised Land19 reviews Robert B. Parker Houghton Mifflin (T), 1976 It isn't all Braising Bullets and Bad Ape Booze. The P.I. guy runs a Jazz/Blues scene. Ya gotta have moaning melancholy ... + Another Key Spenser Novel + Strong prose, well written Ya gotta have moaning melancholy ... and ... and ... thoughtful, teaching t'ings. For me, this # 4 in Parker's Spenser series was a key novel, a turning point for honing purpose and direction for future offerings. With PROMISED LAND, the baseline ingredients were set. It almost seemed to me as ...             A savage place: A Spenser novel12 reviews Robert B Parker Delacorte Press/S. Lawrence, 1981 Culture Candy? Canines Cut Rap. Creme Brulee & an Apple a Day. + Solid Spenser with One of the Best Endings in the Series + A Savage awakening + Witty, smart aleck dialog is what makes Spenser great             Hush Money76 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 1999 The Young & The Jaded. Minors & Minorities Seethe in Stereotype City. Compulsion, Coercion, Connivance, Corruption. + Double the action + Twist and Turns + We learn some of the history of Hawk + hush money             Early Spenser1 review Robert Parker Delacorte Press, 1989 A great introduction to the Spenser novels. Spenser's caustic sense of humor made this book an easy read with many twists. Parker keeps you guessing as to the outcome every time. As for someone who grew up watching the "Spenser For Hire" Television show, this was a fun read for me. I am looking forward to reading the rest of Parker's ...             Bad Business68 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2004 Sex, corruption and murder most foul Robert Parker never fails to please with the Spenser series and he hits another home run with "Bad Business," an intricately plotted maze of corporate corruption, sex and murder most foul. It all begins simply enough when Maureen Rowley walks into his office, looking for someone to follow her ...             Small Vices46 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 1997 One of Parker's best... + great + This is a must-read in the Spenser series! + Satanic Voice of The Gray Blues. A Good Man is the child to nurture. He saves us from Evil physical and deadly. + Bravo!             Walking Shadow27 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 1994 All the world is a stage . . . + great ending + Pure Parker, as always Susan has become a board member for a theatre in Port City, a shabby district on the water front that contains a Chinese ghetto filled with many illegal immigrants, including the Death Dragons, a gang that is run by the dai low for the Kwan Chang tong. The dai low in this case is Ronnie Lu, whose ...             Playmates14 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 1989 When the Day is Done and The Game is Won. Is The Playmate There for Dinner and Rum? + Spenser demonstrates again that he is a thug with a moral compass + "Spenser meets a 'Goodfella'" + How far will Spenser go to help somebody?             Widow's Walk: A Spenser Novel (Spenser Mysteries)81 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2002 Do Dim Bulbs Mean Dim Sum? Thumbnail Conclusions of Style Evolution. + Whodunit meets twists and turns in classic Spenser style + One of the best Spenser novels Characters' repulsion to Mary Smith's bimbo mode provided effervescent entertainment. The widow's bulb was dimmed to such a degree, I was surprised she wasn't irritating to me. Instead, she was such a spot-on portrayal of similar women I've observed (especially with the "I really, really" speech ...             Mortal stakes14 reviews Robert B Parker G. K. Hall, 1976 Batter's Up! Pitcher Pauses. Crack that Ball! Spenser's Heaven Visits Hell. + Home Run + Great Early Spenser + HIgh Stakes Indeed             Sudden Mischief: a Spenser Novel54 reviews Robert B. Parker G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998 The Accidental Therapist. Spenser's Sigmund Sofa Shines Susan's Spirit. Self-Actualization Be Done. + Spenser v. Susan's ex + One of the Better Spensers + Reading human behavior             Potshot114 reviews Robert B. Parker Putnam Adult, 2001 Wild, wild west When a gang of thugs runs rough-shod over a town and a nice lady comes to Spenser to ask for help finding out who murdered her husband, Spenser finds himself in Potshot, a small town in the desert. It is never made really clear whether it is in California or Nevada or Arizona or where exactly in ...             God Save the Child17 reviews Robert Parker Dell, 1987 Follow That Guinea Pig! (A Culture Is As a Culture Clues & Eats?) + Solid Spenser Read + Fun and solid PI genre + Solid, early Spenser (an audiobook review)             Pale Kings and Princes10 reviews Robert Parker The Delacorte Press, 1987 Pillows Puffed for Wide-eyed Wallowing in Pages of a Plot + Parker Returns to Form with this Novel + Sex, drugs and Willie Nelson + A dip in the quality of the action, but the dialog is still excellent. + Back On Track